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ANY torpedo boat long enough under fire
10 receive three rounds lsayone minute where
a machine gun fire could strike it or min
ute and a half under small arm fire. 10 be
considered as disabled and 20 retire from the
contest. ANY such boat within the beams Of
the electric light for fifteen seconds TO be
similarly retired. Guard boats which should
fail TO discover the approach Of a torpedo
boat till the same was within twenty feet
were 10 be considered as destroyed When
her guard boats were thus put out, or the at
lacking force had successfully attacked
torpedo. the Atlanta was 10 be considered as
yanquished. The judges were TO signal either
of these contingencies by lights previously
arranged The Atlanta was put m effective
fighting trim Everything aloft was put
down except the lower yards, and all the
rigging securely dashed. 4 stout five inch
steel hawser was passed around the ship just
high enough above water 20 prevent
hostile boat going over or under
it; on this, thirty feet apart, were twenty
tOrpedoes, each controlled electrically and
arranged 10 be fired by contact. Towing
astern was "A whaleboat rugged with steam
pump hose, 10 throw Imaginary hot water
on any attacking boat that came near enough;
and forward was somewhat different ar
rangement for the same purpose. Our cut
presents day view Of the Atlanta prepared
for the attack, and shows various other de
fensive apparatus such as beams, nets, etc.
Thus mutually armed, the conflict began
at p. m, and at S.45 the Atlanta was COM
pletely victCrious-that is, the judges had
declared all the attacking boats disabled, and
that none Of them could have got near enough
TO plant a torpedo And now all we need TO
find out is, would it work that way in actual
combat
Various other interesting tests have also
been made, and the general result seems to
hnNe boon satisfactory.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.

Reported by q. W. Branch & Co., bankers
and brokers. No. I'LL Main street.
NEW YORK, October 3l.-Stocks
opened strong with X. I. leading the ad-
vance. London inactive. Their trading
had no influence. Traders were mixed
on immediate market. The board was
full of bull rumors which were circulated
TO market stocks on, and on any apparent
strength, plenty of stocks came out. II
was strongly suspected that the Gould
brokers were free sellers After St Paul,
Missouri Pacific was most active, l9,OOO
shares out Of the aggregate sales OF III
700 up TO noon. Price broke to s4l. Ii
was noticed that sales Of long stock in
fractional lots came out freely. The
market rallied at times, but could not
stand the floods of long stock Offering.
Pacific Mail sold down on the sailing OF
the first steamer in the new opposition Inc
run by the Spanards. The Pacific Mail
cut freight rates to 25 per cent to meet the
Spanish line reduction. We hear good
deal about increase in railroad earn
ings. and il is one of the great bull argu-
ments. Ii may be like the statement Of
the Northwestern, which claimed gross
earnings had increased to Sl07 400 and
now d. and w Jones & Co., publish a
statement that the Northwestern CHARGES
for September had so increased that in
stead of making a net gain they actually
made net loss of $jS 4jl This has been
repeatedly stated by D. and W. Jones <
Co., and not denied by the Northwestern
officials, and the street takes il that their
silence proves the truth of the assertion.
Closing, trading was at further c0nces-
sions with a downward tendency.
Money, 3Wj per cent. Closing at D.
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BROTHER GARDENERS LECTURES.
He Talks TO the Lime Kiln Club About
Charity.

He Talks TO the Lime Kiln Club About
Charity.
III war axed las night how dis club stood
on the queshun Of charity" said Brother
Gardner as the meeting opened in due form
and the Thermometer marked 40 degrees in
Elder Toots corner de club stands jist
whar' 1t has allus stood Muffin has occurred
to change our minds
"When poo man meets wild accident or
sickness dis club has sunthin' 10 help him
along.
when de wife Of a poo man am left
helpless wilder, dis club am bound TO help
her
"When a man who has lost limb appeals
10 me for bread | shan't refuse him-not on
less his breaf smells Of liquor
"Our charity goes dat fur an no furder
We have no use fur de tramp. Every piece
of bread handed out 10 him ar simply
premium on lazness He tramps bekase he
doan' want 10 work. He ar human sponge
Instead of lookin' fur work he ar lookin' TO
escape work.
"Ebery nickle handed out 10 n beggar,
large or small, is an Encouragement to avoid
honest work Ebery penny Encourages vice
an Incidence.
1--WE hev' gone 10 an expense Of tens Of
thousands of dollars fur county house, but
vet we mus raise tens Of thousands of dollars
cherry var for poo fund TO take kter of de
people who am too high toned to go out dar',
but low toned 'nuif 70 walk boldly into do
poo'master's office Ebery dollar we raise is
premium OH Incidence. poverty and vice.
SO long as charity will pull 2o0 or 300 faIni-
lies through six months of de var, dc hus-
bands ar not gHine 10 break dar backs lookin'
fur work, an de wives ar not gwine to worry
about tO-morrer.
Oar am mo- downright fraud an swind-
lin bein practiccd fiewout de world today in
de name Of charity dan under all odder dis
guises, an il ar high time dat people, oh sense
put DER foot down Let us now attack de
regular order Of bizness. ADetroit Free Press.
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"Why, how DO you do, Mrs. Brown =
Really, this is the first time / have seen
you since you had your teeth put in.
How bedutifHl they are, and bow well you
look; they are so Vt-iKe Pray, where
did you get themy | am compelled 10
have mine drawn and new ones inserted
But oh : how dread it,
My dear Mrs. Smith, you need not
fear; for Dr. r. Cal1n johnson, ci0 Is
n0,r ut No. 32j Vast cary street near Bel
yidere), extracted mine by an improved
method, which is solely his own, without
the least pain. He charged me so cents
apiece, and he only charged me - for
this set, and perfect satisfaction they have
given. | would not be- without them for
any price His Filings are perfection
itself, and simply beautiful, for 81 Go
to see him, and tell him l sent you Good
bye; ! must get of here
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HOMELESS POOR IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
them-an act generally condemned. Two
men were so badly hurt that their death is
expected, and many slightly injured. So the
matter rests, with the laborers threatening,
the politicians defending and denouncing,
and the papers commenting with various de
grees of severity. Mr. Gladstone has drawn
on himself deal of Tory wrath by publicly
denouncing the police, and Lord Randolph
Churchill has denounced Gladstone
The Lord George Gordon riots have been
made noted among all English reading peo-
pie by the genius of Charles Dickens, who
makes them the sensational subject and turn
ing point of his "Barnaby Ridge For five
days-from the 4th 10 the 9Th of June, 1880
London was at the mercy Of mob; whole
blocks of stores were sacked, numerous
Catholic churches and chapels were demol-
ished, prisons were broken open, arsenals
Numbered and scores of persons killed by &C
cident or design, while on the eth thirty-six
fires were raging at one time. The police
we're completely defeated, nor could even the
military disperse the mobs till they had
killed and wounded 500 people The total
loss could not be estimated, as scores of
wounded wretches crept into abandoned
cellars or sewers to die, while many drunken
ones persisted in the fires. And all this grew
out Of an attempt TO disperse an assembly of
10000 TO $1,000 people, who marched with
Gordon TO present petition against the act
removing the Catholic disabilities. He was
acquitted, but afterwards sentenced TO long
Imprisonment for libel and died in prison at
the early age Of 49, after having become a
convert to Judaism lie was undoubtedly
insane-a sort Of George Francis Train on
the British model The misery caused by the
Napoleonic wars created fearful riots all over
England, but not so bad in London; the
"Iuddites" once numbered 81, 900 rioters, who
went about breaking the machinery which,
they said, threw poor men out of work. AT
length a mob attacked the house of the
Duke of Wellington and broke his windows
this in 1892 during the agitation of the re-
form bill During those troubled years also
occurred the Massacre Of Peterloo,n when
the police charged upon an immense and
closely packed mass of people gathered in
the fields TO hear radicalspeech Few were
hurt by the police, but hundreds were in
iured and many killed, being squeezed and
trampled upon in the panic Then followed
that beneficent series of measures for the re-
lief of labor, and with them such an improve
ment in the general condition that London
has only known riots by tradition since
the accession Of Victoria, and the most
conservative statisticians admit that Brit
ish laborers are 80 per cent better fed,
40 per cent. better housed, 80 per cent.
better clothed and 100 per cent better edu-
Gated than in the reign Of George ""
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BEAST, BIRD AND FISH.

The skin Of the catfish Is now tanned into
leather in Germany. II IS tough, supple and
appears well.
Job Arden, Of Rock Creek, ILL.,, thought
the cushion in his chair seemed remarkably
soft, and he soon found out that he had sat
down upon a moccasin snake. He killed the
snake, but not until it had bitten into bis
buckskin breeches
While fishing from a rowboat near Orange
city, Fla, Mr.. John Thursby tied his line 10
the bow and laid down for a nap When he
awoke he was three miles up stream and big
catfish was tugging away at the line for dear
life. The fish weighed over twenty pounds
In Italy turkeys are always fattened with
walnuts Thirty days before the turkey is 20
be killed one walnut il stuffed down his
throat Each day he is given an additional
walnut, and on tho twenty day he has
twenty-nine walnuts He is then immensely
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-01

MATTERS OF HISTORY SUGGESTED
BY RECENT EVENTS.

The Lord George Gordon Riots Of n Hun
dred Years Ago-How They Originated.
London of Today.
London has had a small riot, and there are
well grounded fears of very big one All
great cities are liable 10 riots, and London is
no exception; but II Is n notable fact that
that city has in the last century had fewer
popular disturbances than any other great
city in Christendom. While Paris has wit
messed three revolutions and many minor
events, Berlin has had the students insur-
rection Of lS4s, Vienna has been in actual
possession Of mob, only beaten down by
the bombardment Of Wundischgratz, and
New York Der great draft riots and many
smaller but terrible affairs London Has suf-
fcred no serious riot since the "Nellington
troubles and has not really suffered
great loss Of life or property since
the terrible Gordon riots of 1850 The Eng
lish character is conservative, the govern
ment is strong, and those who have much 20
lose outnumher those who have anything 20
hone for from q riot more than twenty 10
one
Certain parks and vacant places IN London
have, partly by law and partly by long
usage, become the property-as It were the
resorts-of the poor and unemployed. Most
noted Of these is Trafalgar square, and Of
late many thousands have passed the night
there, sleeping on benches, on the walks or
wherever they could OF course this led 70
an abandonment Of the square by the bet
ter classes and so 20 III feeling and per
sonal combats The unemployed talked over
their grievances and decided 70 present pc
tition 10 the home secretary, demanding
work or public charity in some form. Each
successive gathering became more riotous,
and when monster mass meeting was called
for the 18th, in Trafalgar square, the police
received orders to prevent it. The latter
took possession Of all entrances 10 the square,
the people gathered in tie adjacent streets;
there was push for the gates, and few
men were dubbed. Mass meetings were held
in the vicinity and very incendiary speeches
made The statement by one workingmsn
that they treat hus just as hii we was hig-
nOrant Hrshmen" is an amusing ilustra-
ton Of the London labOrer's view of govern
ment in the two islands Traffic was com.
pletely stopped by these mass meetings; SO
more police were sent 10 disperse them, and
the crowd moved towards Hyde park with
the usual demonstrations.
Not more than 5000 or 1900 had got into
Hyde park when the police again appeared
in force, and being appealed to by the ada
cent shopkeepers, who feared pillage, they
closed and fastened the gates. The crowd
attempted TO force their way through a small
gate, when the mounted police charged upon
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-01

Both diamond and pearl necklaces are now
worn with rich and elaborate decorations in
front. decorations that fall down and almost
till in the N-shaped front when the corsage is
thus fashioned These elaborate necklaces
have by no means mterfered with the popu-
larity of those composed Of a simple strand Of
pearls with medallion suspended therefrom;
or the still simpler form of ornament, a gold
chain with pendant attached
In silver have appeared some exceedingly
popular neck ornaments, including new pat
terms in dog collars that fasten close about
the throat, and necklaces that fall loosely
around the neck The floral necklaces are
very attractive; these consist Of a series Of
enaneled flowers fastened together SO as Il
make "a flexible band. The moonstone neck
laces are equally pretty; in these the stones
are set in square, oval or round blocks Of sill
yer linked together.
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woman formerly our slave is now our
cook. About eighteen months ago She became
sickly and had cough and was confined 20
bed. and 10 was thought that She had con
sumption. The treatment by physicians failed
10 give relief I'm December 1884, q node or
knot the size OF goose egg formed just above
the pit of the stomach. which. when hnccl.
discharged matter for eight or nine months.
One of these also formed under her arm. and
three on her back. which discharged matter
for considerable timc For SID months of
this time she was confined 60 the house. and
most Of the time boz bed. The stomach often
refused food, by rejecting what she had eaten.
She used a great deal of medicine. bat failed Co
be cured. bought one bottle OF your B. B. b.
made in Atlanta, Ca and gave be- 90 her. and
she commenced 20 improve. I then bought
and gave her three bottles more. and She CON
tinued to improve, and in two mont, s. time
her cough had ceased, her constitution
strengthened appetite and digestion good, al
discharges ceased, nodes or knots disappeared,
and she went 10 work apparently healthy and
fattened up greatly.
This woman had married sister OF near SAME
age who was affected in precisely the same way
and about the same time. She bad node or knot
On pit Of stomach, back, etc. She did nor take
any b. b. b. and the node on her stomach are
through 20 the cavity. She continued ON the
decline and wasted away, and finally died
These were two terrible cases of blood poi
son-one used B. b -. and was speedily cured,
the other did not use IL and died. 10 is most
assuredly most wonderful blood purifier.
refer TO merchants of this town.
Yours truly, W. Il. ROBINSON.
Tishabee. Ala. May /, 1856.
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Cloth coats are so elegant this season in
fabric, color and design that modistes and
tailors are commencing them for dressy
wraps for visiting and for carriage toilettes.
The new cloths have great waves and curves
of deeper tone than the surface brocaded
upon them, or they are striped like velvet, or
there are floral or geOmetrical figures sunk IN
their surface or, best Of all, they are per
fectlv plain with a velvet like finish that
gives them the name Of velvet cloths. They
come in the new stylish shades Of GObelin
blue fawn, copper red, vieux green and
browns Of a dozen different shades. They are
lined throughout with gay plaid surahs, or
else with black or a sOmber hue, and are
trimmed with fur with changeable velvet
and rich cord passamenterie. The short
cloaks are merely mantles in cape shape, or
else they have visite sleeves.
White and gold wraps for evening are
made Of white cloth with velvet like finish,
and are braided all over with gold cord in
stripes these come i'm wide sleeved paletOtS
and in dolman shapes. India embroideries in
metals trim other sOrties de bal, made Of the
new changeable velyets, or plush, or the new
waterei velvet in dark India red and the
fayorite Gobeln blue shades. Fringes of
metal, chenille and silk cords, or else bands
of fur or feathers, edge such garments, and
many are lined throughout with fur, notably
pale blue plush cloak lined with chinchilla,
and made in the Irish peasant shape gath
cred about the neck. and without sleeves,
while second cloak is long dolman Of
fawn coored MORE velvet lined with the
crinkled white fleece OF the japanese goat,
and richly braided with gold-Harpers
Bazaar
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Maternal hand-Palm cool and firm,
fingers apart. Means, danger TO the small boy
Masculine hand-Fingers closed, thumb
turned in, knuckles prominent. Signifies,
"No new bonnet this season.
Boys hand-Palm open, warts on thumb,
fingers stubby and clean. Reads 1--WE been
at the preserved peaches again"
Young lady's hand-Closed pink palm, soft
and warm, ring on index finger. Sign, ASK
papa. detroit Free Press
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NEW STATUE OF LINCOLN.
\ Magnificent Monument Lately Unveiled
In Chicago.


In Chicago.
On the 22d Of October colossal bronze
statue Of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in
Lincoln park, Chicago, the work Of the
plastic artist St Gaudens, pursuant to do
nation by the late Eli Bates Of $4,000 for the
purpose. The location Of the statue is peculiar
and unusual. There is a vast oval Of cut
stone sixty by thirty feet the interior
fashioned TO form classic bench and the
statue stands on a stone pedestal on a level
with the top of the circle, in the middle Of the
side opposite the portal-the whole on a
gentle, broad swell Of ground which rises
from the Dearborn street entrance TO the
park One enters the circle by broad flight
Of steps, bounded right and left with large
balls Of bronze on the one is a spray Of
laurel, on the other an AK to typify Lincoln's
early life. On the wall 10 the right as one
enters the circle is Lincoln's famous perora-
ton:
with malice towards none. with charity for all,
with frnness in the right as God gives US to know
the right, let us strive on
On the other side is this quotation from
the Cooper Union speech Of 1860:
Let us have faith that right makes might. and
in that faith let 10 the end dare 10 do our duty
as We understand il.
Mr. st. Gaudens has been long occupied in
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AdlAo "a A'titf fNoL
and pantalOons. but the conventional method
was 10 strike a sort OF compromise and either
represent our great men IN half Roman
drapery or with cloak 50 conventionally
folded as 10 hide half the form and make
sort of back ground relief But IL was not a
success The irreyerent laughed it out Of
fashion, and soon after the war the bold, bald
modern type Of dress was sculptured, each
successive attempt exciting more and more
amusement, until satire reached a climax
over Winnie Ream's Lincoln.
The friends Of Mr.. st. Gaudens claim that
he has overcome all difficulties. The reader
has our permission to glance at the cut OF the
statue and form his own opinion. He GER
tainly has not attempted 20 disguise the
native ruggedness Of Lincoln's features; on
the contrary, he seems to have given 1t a sort
OF fascination. He represents him as an ora
tor, Just risen from his chair, which is shown
behind him, and waiting for the audience TO
become quiet before beginning his speech
The attitude Is that always assumed by Lin
coin at the beginning-one hand behind him,
the other grasping the lapel Of his coat, the
left foot advanced and the weight of his body
resting chiefly on the right. AT the start
his ugliness seemed a serious hindrance, a
little later, when he warmed with the subject,
and his great soul began to glow in his eyes,
it was a decided advantage. Attitudes were
forgotten; grace seemed a matter Of no con-
sequence, for the great man then appeared as
the very incarnation OF rugged grandeur. As
for the rest, the statue tells it all 1t shows
the force, the rugged greatness of the body
which held the master mind Of this age.
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ASA sNYDER a 90. iestola' o9 ,u,et
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Fooled.

One of the 100 citizens who dead beat
their m ssages over the telephone walked
into a place on Congress street yesterday
bowed suavely TO the occupant Of the office
and walked directly to the telephone
He rang up for Central and began
Hello. Central Hellol Hellol HelloW
No answer came and he went over the
same ground twice more. Then he seized
the crank and rang the bell for two long
minutes. No answer lie had just finished
another turn at it when the proprietor looked
up and asked:
"What is ii"
"Why, can't get the Central
"Of course YOU can't The wires were de
tacbed SIX months ago, and don't see why
they don't come and take their telephone
away"
The stranger seemed to want wings to get
out of that place Detroit Free Press.
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The Rawson Shooting.
TIC kaWsUh N'VV0THE'
We present today sketch portraits Of s.

.etch pOrtraltS OF ,. ".
Rawson, the Chicago
millionaire, who was
recently shot by his
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ESTABLlSHED IN ls43.
OSCAR CRAM & CO.,
Importers aud Dealers In

FINE WINES, LIQUORS. AND CIGARS
beg leave 10 call attention 10 their large stock
Of the above mentioned goods, most OF which
are OF their Own importation from the first
houses in Europe and Havana.
sherries of many different qualities, from
the lower to the very nnest grades Maderis
from ten 70 nifty years old; Brandies, vintages
from 1877 20 1884.
Their stock OF fine Rye, Bourbon. and Scotch
WHISTLES. Jamaica and ST. Croix Rum, Apple
and Peach Brandies is not surpassed oy any
house in this city.
or Char pagnes they always keep all the
leading brands IN stock. but refer especially
their Premiere serre and Vim des Goisses,
elected for them. and conceded 10 be the
finest wines imported. 5oc5daw3w
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Dressing Sacune..

Pretty dressing sacques are made Of batiste
percale or linen lawn, with dots or fine stripes
Of color The thinner materials are made up
with tight fitting backs and loose fronts, a
plated vest Of white lawn being sometimes
inserted, which may be embroidered or dec
grated with drawn work or ladder stitching
between the tucks. The percales are closely
fitted and trimmed with two rueies, which
are scaloped in buttonhole stitch with color
matching the figure
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Farewell my hat OF straw; a strange
vcisstude robs thee Of all my former
deep sOlicItude You're laid aside with
sundry summer iollities; with picnics,
sleigh rides, and such gay frv0ties.
Your glory's faded, long past ripe maturity:
now rest serene in darkness and obscirty.
Come hence. my sober tile Of
somber black Cold weather
swiftly comes upon the track Of
summer and by an uuchanging
law you follow and suppant my
summer straw Adventures wait
you Though you may escape
the moth which hovers meath
yOnr band Of Grape, you may q
victim fall ere many DAYS 20
some fat woman who 800
I'll weighs You are my trusted err
stick friend; what though men smile togeth
10 because little out Of style, hang
you you
through every shoot you while
kind OF weather. and will not
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